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pregnant with #2- oversupply with the first

CARLY78CARLY78 member
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Hello All, 
When I had DD I had a major oversupply and unfortunately didn't get to the right resources in time and my DD would not latch. I EP'd until 12 months for her. I do not want to EP again. Will I have an oversupply with this next baby and how can I calm it down? I pumped over 60 oz. up until I weaned my DD, and that was with 2 pumps! I tried everything- pumping a little bit multiple times a day and cutting pumps, but it never worked. I know a lot of women have the opposite problem, but this has it's challenges as well. I donated a lot of my milk, so at least that was a blessing! I just don't want to be tied to a pump and enjoy time with my children. Thanks for listening to me and I hope this all made sense! Thank you 
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Re: pregnant with #2- oversupply with the first

  • mommatotwo2mommatotwo2 member
    Wow, that is quite the over supply! It takes me 5 days to pump 60 oz! (I just pump while at work, but still!)

    I have no advice- but will say that just like no two pregnancies or babies being the same, no two breast feeding experiences are the same. I had very low supply and only b.f. baby#1 for  weeks and supplemented the whole time with formula. This baby has been EBF for 7 months and going strong :)
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  • SnoopyLuvSnoopyLuv member
    I had an insane oversupply with my first. I was pumping and supplementing on top of feeding, an that only contributed to it. This time around I only pumped 1x in the hospital to get a bit to supplement and then i didn't pump for weeks. I block fed from the get go and used reverse pressure softening and hand expression to help LO latch in the beginning. I also slightly dehydrated myself on purpose to tone it down. I was taking sudafed with my first to lower supply purposefully, it was that bad.

    I still have a bit of an oversupply and I have to be careful with pumping but we had such a smoother start this time.

    Unfortunately, you can't make the initial engorgement go away, but I didn't have those rock hard porn star boobs for days like last time. It was definitely night and day.
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